Monday 11 March 2024

Isebrook Library late opening 13th March

Isebrook Library will be opening a bit later than normal on Wednesday 13th March at 11.30am due to staffing constraints.

We apologise for any inconvenience if you were looking to use the library during this time. If you need any help email us or contact one of our other libraries:

berrywoodlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk 03000 271585

Isebrooklibrary@nhft.nhs.uk 03000 272095

richmondlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk 01604 545929


Friday 1 March 2024

Isebrook Library - late opening

 On Monday 4th March Isebrook Library will not be opening until 11.30 a.m. We apologise if you were hoping to use the library that morning.

Thursday 22 February 2024

NHFT virtual book club meeting #33 - In the Blink of an Eye

After our visit to the Sowell Bay Aquarium with Tova, Cameron, and Marcellus, the giant Pacific octopus in Remarkably Bright Creatures, we are off to Warwickshire with Jo Callaghan's up to the minute/just over the horizon crime novel, In the Blink of an Eye

In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds.

Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an eye.

DCS Kat Frank knows all about loss. A widowed single mother, Kat is a cop who trusts her instincts. Picked to lead a pilot programme that has her paired with AIDE (Artificially Intelligent Detective Entity) Lock, Kat's instincts come up against Lock's logic. But when the two missing person's cold cases they are reviewing suddenly become active, Lock is the only one who can help Kat when the case gets personal.

AI versus human experience.

Logic versus instinct.

With lives on the line can the pair work together before someone else becomes another statistic?


‘Terrifyingly timely and provocative' Val McDermid

‘The moral dilemmas created by artificial intelligence are brilliantly explored in this altogether very human novel’ Sunday Times

‘In the Blink of an Eye is fresh, innovative and very, very clever. Flawlessly paced, plotted and researched, it’s laugh out loud, heart-achingly sad and doesn’t have a dull moment. I raced through it. Simply sensational’ M.W. Craven

Jo Callaghan works full time as a senior strategist, carrying out research into the future impact of AI and genomics on the workforce.


We'll be meeting on Thursday 28th of March via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Hope to see you there...

Monday 12 February 2024

Tuesday 13th Feb - libraries closed in morning

 Due to staff training on Tuesday 13th February Berrywood and Isebrook libraries will be closed until 1.00pm. Richmond Library at NGH will be unstaffed but members will be able to swipe in to use.

We are sorry for any inconvenience.

Thursday 18 January 2024

NHFT virtual book club meeting #32 - Remarkably Bright Creatures

After our visit to Pine Cove, California in our Christmas book The Stupidest Angel, we are embarking on a rather different read, Shelby Van Pelt's debut novel, Remarkably Bright Creatures.

After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night cleaner shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Ever since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat over thirty years ago keeping busy has helped her cope. 

One night she meets Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium who sees everything but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors – until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.

Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late...

'Humans. For the most part, you are dull and blundering. But occasionally, you can be remarkably bright creatures.'

‘Filled with a quirky unconventional charm, I’ll be smiling every time I think of this story. A story that embraces the idea of love and connection across borders in every sense, and a story of family lost and found.’ Goodreads Reviewer


We'll be meeting on Thursday 22nd of February via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Hope to see you there...

Tuesday 16 January 2024

Integrated Care System staff - help us to help you.

As part of an NHS England funded project we are looking at the possibility of extending access to NHS library services in the county to all staff who work within the Northamptonshire Integrated Care System. This would include staff in:

  • Primary care
  • Integrated care board
  • Social care
  • Care homes
  • Third / voluntary sector care staff

NHS libraries can support you by:
  • Searching the evidence for you
  • Training you in information skills
  • Providing access to books and journals, in print and online, databases and other online resources
  • Offering a place to work or study with 24/7 access
  • And much more...

To understand what the problems are staff in the county are facing with finding information, and what you already have access to, we have created a short survey that we are asking anyone who works in the integrated care system (not NHFT, NGH or KGH staff) to complete. 

It should only take a few minutes and would help us to collect evidence to support a business case to the Integrated Care Board.

You can find the survey here: https://forms.office.com/e/uSaZf91h60

Many thanks for your help.

Wednesday 20 December 2023

Christmas opening

Christmas opening at the libraries

Berrywood and Richmond Library, NGH are both open up to Dec 22nd. Isebrook Library is currently closed because of staff shortages and we will post again when it re-opens.

Over Christmas and New Year:

Richmond Library, NGH is unstaffed on Dec. 25th - 26th and Jan 1st but library members have 24/7 access and can swipe in at any time.

Berrywood Library will be closed on the Bank Holidays but open Dec. 27th - 29th, and from Jan. 2nd on.

Isebrook Library will be closed between Christmas and the New Year and re-open on Jan 2nd.

We wish you a happy and peaceful Christmas and look forward to seeing you in 2024.
 

Friday 15 December 2023

Isebrook Library closed

Isebrook Library will still be closed today and tomorrow (Mon/Tues 18th/19th Dec). We apologise for any inconvenience. Please contact us on 01604 545929 / richmondlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk if you need any help. 


Isebrook Library will be closed today (Friday 15th December) due to staff shortages. We apologise if you have made the trip there and found it closed. You can contact us on 01604 545929 / richmondlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk if you need any help

Thursday 14 December 2023

NHFT virtual book club meeting #31 - The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas terror

After our heart stopping last read, the creepy No Good Deed, we are moving on to a California-set festive read in Christopher Moore's comic fantasy, The Stupidest Angel. However, this is no Christmas Carol...

T’was the night (okay, more like the week) before Christmas and little Joshua Barker is in desperate need of a Christmas miracle. No, he's not on his deathbed; no, his dog hasn't run away from home. But Josh is sure that he saw Santa take a shovel to the head, and now the seven-year-old has only one prayer: Please, Santa, come back from the dead.

But coming to Earth, seeking a small child whose wish needs granting, is none other than Archangel Raziel. Unfortunately, he's not sporting the brightest halo in the bunch and before you can say 'Kris Kringle,' he's botched his sacred mission and sent the residents of Pine Cove headlong into Christmas chaos, culminating in the most hilarious and horrifying holiday party the town has ever seen.

‘Pacy and engaging, this is a comic fantasy crammed with sharp and funny one-liners’ The Guardian

‘If you're buying this book as a gift for your grandma or a kid, you should be aware that it contains cuss words as well as tasteful descriptions of cannibalism... Don't blame me. I told you.’ The author

We'll be meeting on Thursday 18th of January via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Hope to see you there... 

Thursday 16 November 2023

NHFT virtual book club meeting #30 - No Good Deed

After our visit to the Ashokan Reservoir, in upstate New York, with John Langan's delightfully scary The Fisherman, we are returning to more familiar territory for our 30th book club read, David Jackson's UK set thriller, One Good Deed.

Elliott has never thought of himself as a hero. Until one dark night he meets Rebecca, a scared and vulnerable young woman who needs his help. There's a man harassing her, following her; would he mind pretending to be her boyfriend, just while she walks home, to put him off?

And that is that - just a favour for a stranger - until there is a knock at Elliott's door. It's the man who was following Rebecca. He claims he's her ex-boyfriend, but it's clear that he's been stalking her. He's obsessed, dangerously so. He wants Rebecca, and he will do anything to have her.

When Elliott eventually tries to tell him the truth, the man doesn't believe him. The only way to save himself is to get Rebecca to explain. There's just one problem: Rebecca is nowhere to be found. And now it looks like one good deed will cost Elliott everything...

‘One Good Deed is an addictive, fast-paced and suspenseful thriller. If you like your thrillers action-packed and nail-bitingly tense and/or you love a cat-loving antihero to root for, One Good Deed should be at the top of your shopping list.’ Kelly Van Damme (Goodreads)


We'll be meeting on Thursday 14th of December via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Hope to see you there... 

Monday 30 October 2023

Isebrook Library opening hours: 3rd November 2023

Isebrook Library will not open until 11.30 am on Friday 3rd November.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this causes.

Friday 6 October 2023

NHFT virtual book club meeting #29 - The Fisherman

Following on from our visit to Japan and the world of the gig economy in Kikuko Tsumara's There's no such thing as an easy job, things are taking a darker turn in our creepy Halloween read (and Bram Stoker award winner), The Fisherman by John Langan.

In upstate New York, within the woods, Dutchman’s Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked and fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true.

When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each other’s company and a shared passion for fishing, hear rumours of the Creek and what might be found there, the remedy to both their losses, they dismiss them. Soon, though, the men find themselves drawn into a tale as deep and old as the Reservoir.

It’s a tale of dark pacts, of long-buried secrets, and of a mysterious figure known as Der Fisher: the Fisherman. It will bring Abe and Dan face to face with all that they have lost, and with the price they must pay to regain it.

‘What starts as a slow, melancholy tale gains momentum and drops you headfirst into a churning nightmare from which you might escape, but you’ll never forget” - Richard Kadrey (author)

The Fisherman is a treasure, the kind of book you just want to snuggle up and shiver through. I can’t say enough good things about the confidence, the patience, the satisfying cumulative power of this book. It was a pleasure to read from the first page to the last’ - Victor LaValle (author)

We'll be meeting on Thursday 16th of November  via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Hope to see you there...